I got my kits today from AHS, the IPA extract kit has 8lb ex pale extract and 1 lb crystal 75L malt. I like IPA but they seem to have a wide range of bitterness. this kit calls for a 60 min boil with 1 oz. of Newport hops at 60 min, 1 0z Falconer's Flight at 15 min, and dry hop with 1 0z of Cascade. It's supposed to finish at about 5.6% abv but I can't find the IBUs anywhere. from what I'v been able to determine I think I like IBU about 45. I am just finishing a keg I made from a coopers hopped extract kit and it is too bitter with a bitter lingering aftertast. With these hop additions can anyone determint the IBUs and how to keep it in the 40 range.

if your boil size is 3 gallons, it should come out to around 46ibu's. add some corn sugar and it will also bring it down a touch more. but 6 ibu's, you probably wont be able to tell the difference honestly.

mine, i did a 5 gallon boil size, and held its hand for 60 minutes, so my ibu's were higher.
yeah I'm a masochist.

I just got this kit as well, and was curious about the ibus as well, as newport is supposed to be pretty pungeant... I entered the values into beer calculus, and the ibus came to about 49 or so...

I am more a fan of hop flavor and aroma rather than extreme bitterness(and yes I know 49 is nowhere "extreme")...I recalulated to 35min boil and this brought it down around 41 I believe..I am also thinking of adding addtional Falconer's Flight for aroma...they are supposed to have great citrus character, and I have heard they are fantastic...let us know what you decide and how it goes!

I got the same kit, but spiced it up a bit. Didn't enter anything into beersmith, and my hydro is broke, so I'm flying blind on it. but I was trying to up it more to an IIPA. Added 1 oz of each: Newport at 60, 50; Columbus at 45; Falconers Flight at at 14, 13, 10; Cascade at 3. I have some Citra too, and may drop hop with that depending on how the sample tastes. It's still in the primary, so who the heck knows how it'll end up - either be great or taste like grass, I suppose. But I had fun brewing blind!